Francesco Guardi
Italian, 1712–1793
Born in Venice; died in Venice.
Guardi worked for years in the family studio in Venice led by his elder brother Gianantonio, producing altarpieces and figure paintings, and became chiefly a painter of city views, especially after his brother’s death in 1760. Where Canaletto is crisp and exact, Guardi’s views and imaginary capricci are loose and flickering, with dissolving buildings and shimmering water. He also recorded the public ceremonies of the last decades of the Venetian Republic.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 4 worksDated 1750–1768
- Mostly
- Paintings
- Movement
- RococoLight, playful and pastel: the decorative art of eighteenth-century Europe.
- Courtesy of
- The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Met
